How do I use WPF bindings with RelativeSource?
How do I use RelativeSource with WPF bindings and what are the different use-cases? ...
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How do indicate the SQL default library in an IBM iSeries 2 connection string to an AS/400?
I'm connecting to an AS/400 stored procedure layer using the IBM iSeries Access for Windows package. This provides a .NET dll with classes similar to those in the System.Data namespace. As such we use their implementation of the connection class and provide it with a connection string. Does anyone know how I can amend the connection str...
.NET Testing Naming Conventions
What are the best conventions of naming testing-assemblies in .NET (or any other language or platform)? What I'm mainly split between are these options (please provide others!): Company.Website - the project Company.Website.Tests or Company.Website Company.WebsiteTests The problem with the first solution is that it looks like .T...
How do I speed up data retrieval from .NET AD within ColdFusion
How can I optimize the following code, which currently takes over 2 minutes to retrieve and loop through 800+ records from a pool of over 100K records, returning 6 fields per record (adds approximately 20 seconds per additional field): <cfset dllPath="C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.DirectoryServices.dll" /> <cfset L...
XML node name clean up code
I am trying to create an XML file based on data fields from a table, and I want to have the nodes named based on the value in a field from the table. The problem is that sometimes values entered in that column contain spaces and other characters not allowed in Node names. Does anyone have any code that will cleanup a passed in string an...
What is the best choice for .net inter-process communication?
Should I use Named Pipes, or .NET Remoting to communicate with a running process on my machine? ...
How to communicate with a windows service from an application that interacts with the desktop?
With .Net what is the best way to interact with a service (i.e. how do most tray-apps communicate with their servers). It would be preferred if this method would be cross-platform as well (working in Mono, so I guess remoting is out?) Edit: Forgot to mention, we still have to support Windows 2000 machines in the field, so WCF and an...
How to stream a pdf as binary to the browser using .NET 2.0
I'm looking for a way to stream a pdf from my server to the browser using .NET 2.0 (in binary). Edit: I'm trying to grab an existing pdf from a server path and push that up as binary to the browser. ...
Converting std::vector<>::iterator to .NET interface in C++/CLI
I am wrapping a native C++ class, which has the following methods: class Native { public: class Local { std::string m_Str; int m_Int; }; typedef std::vector<Local> LocalVec; typedef LocalVec::iterator LocalIter; LocalIter BeginLocals(); LocalIter EndLocals(); private: LocalV...
.NET Remoting Server Only processes One request
I am using .NET Remoting. My server/hoster is a Windows Service. It will sometimes work just fine and other times it will process one request and then it does not process any more (until I restart it). It is running as a windows service Here is the code from the Windows Service: using System; using System.Collections.Generi...
Best way to set up CruiseControl for IIS 5.1 dev box and IIS6 server
Can anyone point me in the right direction on this. From reading the FAQs at cruisecontrol, it appears that you should develop in the same environment as you produce. But i have Windows XP (which only runs IIS 5.1) on my dev machine and the server is 2003. Thanks ...
Best resource for learning .NET generics?
I've never used any of the .NET generics in my work, but I understand that they are fairly popular. Does anyone have any good links or book suggestions for learning them? As a bonus; I only vaguely understand what .NET generic collections are and what they do...does anyone have any practical examples of how they might be used to greate...
Windsor Container: How to force dispose of an object?
I have an object that implements IDisposable that is registered with the Windsor Container and I would like to dispose of it so it's Dispose method is called and next time Resolve is called it fetches a new instance. Does container.Release(obj); automatically call Dispose() immediately? Or do I need to do obj.Dispose(); container....
Linking .Net Assemblies
This is all hypothetical, so please bear with me. Say I'm writing a tool in C# called Foo. The output is foo.exe. I've found some really great library that I like to use called Bar, which I can reference as bar.dll in my project. When I build my project, I have foo.exe and bar.dll in my output directory. Good so far. What I'd like ...
Generating a PDF document based on a Microsoft Word Template
I need to take a Word document that is a template of sorts...collect user input to populate specific fields in that template..then generate a PDF file that includes the completed template as well as a few other document types. Does anyone have a good suggestion on a component to achieve this? Preferably one that does not require Microsof...
C# Unsafe/Fixed Code
Can someone give an example of a good time to actually use "unsafe" and "fixed" in C# code? I've played with it before, but never actually found a good use for it. Consider this code... fixed (byte* pSrc = src, pDst = dst) { //Code that copies the bytes in a loop } compared to simply using... Array.Copy(source, target, source.L...
When should I use a struct instead of a class?
MSDN says that you should use structs when you need lightweight objects. Are there any other scenarios when a struct is preferable over a class? Edit: Some people have forgotten that: 1. structs can have methods! 2. structs have no inheritance capabilites. Another Edit: I understand the technical differences, I just don't have a good f...
.Net (dotNet) wrappers for OpenCV?
I've seen there are a few of them. opencvdotnet, SharperCV, EmguCV, One on Code Project. Does anyone have any experience with any of these? I played around with the one on Code Project for a bit, but as soon as I tried to do anything complicated I got some nasty uncatchable exceptions (i.e. Msgbox exceptions). Cross platform (support...
How can I make a ComboBox non-editable in .net?
I want to have a "select-only" ComboBox that provides a list of items for the user to select from. Typing should be disabled in the text portion of the ComboBox control. My initial Googling of this turned up an overly complex, misguided suggestion to capture the KeyPress event. ...
Monitoring group membership in Active Directory more efficiently (C# .NET)
I've got an Active Directory synchronization tool (.NET 2.0 / C#) written as a Windows Service that I've been working on for a while and have recently been tasked with adding the ability to drive events based on changes in group membership. The basic scenario is that users are synchronized with a security database and, when group members...